Business And Finance BA (Hons)

Set yourself up for a future career in the well-paid finance sector by developing competence in business finance and general management. This course gives you access to specialist academic staff, business leaders, and the professional financial services network, including exemption from ICAEW.

You’ll gain an insight into general management and access a wide range of optional modules that complement your development as a specialist in financial management. 

Subject expertise in business and finance (including contemporary issues such as globalisation, global trade, governance and sustainability) signal that you are a numerate, astute and commercially-focused graduate.

Active experience through applied projects, placements and internships will enable you to demonstrate the business knowledge, commercial acumen and professional skills valued by employers. You can also experience international cultures and develop a global mind-set through options to work and study abroad.

Key Features:

• Gain exemption from ICAEW
• Enhance your employability in business and finance through internships, consultancy projects, a one-year paid placement and integrated coaching
• Develop your own business idea through our start-up support and access to our network of business mentors
• Work with qualified finance specialists who have extensive experience in business finance (including with KPMG, Grant Thornton and HM Treasury), consultancy or running their own business
• Compete for the Hereford & Worcester Chamber of Commerce prize for ‘Outstanding Performance in Accountancy & Finance’.

What Will You Study:

• Our courses are informed by research and current developments in the discipline and feedback from students, external examiners and employers. Modules do therefore change periodically in the interests of keeping the course relevant and reflecting best practice. The most up-to-date information will be available to you once you have accepted a place and registered for the course. If there are insufficient numbers of students interested in an optional module, this might not be offered, but we will advise you as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative. 
• Year 1
• Mandatory
• Unlocking Individual Potential
• Customer Insight and Marketing
• Financial Management
• Generation Digital
• Optional
• Data Driven Decisions
• UGTU1001 Introduction to Tutoring
• Optional modules in Academic English (for home and international students) and TEFL or CELTA from the Centre for Academic English and Skills
• Year 2
• Mandatory
• Unlocking Organisational Potential
• Financial Markets and Investment
• The Global Economy: Institutions, Trade and FDI
• Optional
• Integrated Marketing Communications
• Lifestyle Marketing
• Market Insight
• Essential PR
• PR & Campaigning
• Fundamentals of Management Accounting
• Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
• Managing Successful Projects
• Creating a High Performance Workforce
• Developing Employee Talent
• Responsible Business
• Digital Content Systems and Ecommerce
• Social Commerce
• Cultivating the Entrepreneurial Mindset
• New Venture Formation
• Consultancy and Research Methods
• UGTU1001 Introduction to Tutoring
• Optional modules in Academic English (for home and international students) and TEFL or CELTA from the Centre for Academic English and Skills
• Optional Placement Year or Year Abroad
• Virtually all of our full-time Single Honours degrees in Business or Computing, you have the option to convert your degree to a 4-year sandwich degree by opting for a placement year or third year abroad between your second and final year.
• Placement opportunities are available in all business sectors, including marketing, advertising, public relations, human resources, business management, finance, economics, programming, and game design. You will be able to apply to spend your placement year at an organisation of your choice, in the UK or abroad (subject to any visa restrictions).
• If you wish to undertake a third year abroad, you have the option to study at one of our partner universities in Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, or the USA (subject to any visa restrictions). To find out more about where you can study and the bursaries and travel grants available to support you, please visit our Study Abroad pages.
• Year 3
• Mandatory
• International Business Strategy
• Strategic Financial Management
• International Banking and Finance
• Optional
• Digital & Social Media Marketing
• Brand Management
• International Marketing
• Customer Relationship Management
• Spin Doctors, Lobbyists and Other Influencers
• Advertising and Digital Communications
• Taxation
• Applied Economics
• Strategic Challenges for HRM
• Intercultural Business Perspectives
• Digital Business
• The Next Big Thing
• Business Intelligence and Analysis
• Research Project
• Consultancy Project
• Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Entry Requirements:

• 112 UCAS tariff points (for example, BBC at A Level)
• Applicants with no formal qualifications may be considered for Mature Student Entry Routes
• T Levels may be used to meet the entry tariff requirements for this course.

How Will You Be Taught? 

• The University places emphasis on enabling you to develop the independent learning capabilities that will equip you for lifelong learning and future employment, as well as academic achievement. 
• A mixture of independent study, teaching, academic support through integrated coaching and the personal academic tutoring system enables you to reflect on progress and build up a profile of skills, achievements and experiences that will enable you to flourish and be successful.